by Nicole Baumann, Advocacy Coordinator | Mar 4, 2024 | Blog
The first deadline ended with a flurry of last-minute attempts for bills to get heard in committee or become dormant, inactive for the remainder of the session. Before diving into some of the key committee hearings, we would like to note some crucial bills that have...
by Nicole Baumann, Advocacy Coordinator | Feb 28, 2024 | Blog
Week 3 at the Oklahoma Legislature! The rush of deadlines surely played out this week with several committees hearing dozens of bills, and others passing on hearing many more. House Side: House A&B Subcommittee Finance A variety of bills moved...
by Nicole Baumann, Advocacy Coordinator | Feb 19, 2024 | Blog
With the State of the State address already seeming as though it was a month ago, many advocates feel that this is the bumpiest start to an Oklahoma Legislative Session. Resolutions have already been pushed through, with only hours’ notice and many bills are...
by Nicole Baumann | Feb 9, 2024 | Blog
Another year, another State of the State, and another pre-state of the state protest. Last year, Governor Kevin Stitt’s State of the State address marking the start of the legislative session included protests calling out the massive amounts of legislation filed...
by Colleen Wilson and Katie Arata | OKC Fox 25 | Jan 31, 2024 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Despite a lengthy court battle, threats from the Satanic Temple, and a crash recorded on video—there’s a new effort to bring a Ten Commandments monument back to the Oklahoma State Capitol. Senator David Bullard filed a bill to be...
by CAIR Oklahoma Staff | Jan 31, 2024 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/31/2024) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today announced its second World Hijab Day celebration, an event that aims to raise awareness about the hijab (Islamic headscarf worn by many Muslim women) and...
by BARBARA HOBEROCK | Oklahoma Voice | Jan 30, 2024 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – The fight over a Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol may not be over. Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, has filed Senate Bill 1858 that would place privately funded Ten Commandments monuments inside and outside the Capitol “as a symbol of its...
by David Chasanov | KTUL News Channel 8 | Jan 22, 2024 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Several antisemitic flyers and packets were found in an Oklahoma City metro neighborhood. Fox 25 spoke with a man who made it a point to drive around his community and pick up each of the packets. He then reported it to the police....
by CAIR Oklahoma Staff | Jan 22, 2024 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 1/22/2024) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today condemned the distribution of racist, antisemitic flyers in an Oklahoma City neighborhood and called for the community to remain vigilant in a time of...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Jan 17, 2024 | In The News
Two lawmakers have proposed a resolution affirming Oklahoma’s support of Israel. Authored by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, and Rep. Mark Lepak, R-Claremore, the resolution condemns “the atrocities of the terrorist organization Hamas” and...